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Oct 15, 2023 32 min

E47 - Manu Kapur - Productive Failure

from The Messy Middle Hosted by manu kapur, andrew horsfield

Manu Kapur https://www.manukapur.com/ Ted talk https://bit.ly/3tCxfRG LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/manu-kapur-947793140/

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My guest on this episode is Many Kapur. Manu holds the Professorship for Learning Sciences and Higher Education and directs The Future Learning Initiative at ETH Zurich. Manu conceptualized and developed the theory of Productive Failure. How, rather than avoiding failure, we can purposefully design for it to facilitate better learning. In this conversation, Manu explains the importance of our environment for learning, why we need tasks to be challenging enough to stretch us but not so difficult that we become overwhelmed, as well as the profound impact productive failure has on our ability to grow and learn. We also discuss the correlation between learning goals and persistence in problem-solving tasks, and uncovering valuable insights that can help us navigate our own personal and professional challenges. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Manu Kapur as he unlocks the secrets of productive failure, and how it can propel us towards a better, more fulfilling life.

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